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I have a cold?

How about a little on books?

I just finished She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan. A truly intense read about a MtF transgendered person’s journey. Very heavy duty reading but I’m glad to have a better perspective. Current estimates, per her book, are that transgendered folks outnumber those with cleft palates and multiple sclerosis. Too bad the disorder is so badly misunderstood, even now.

I’m working my way through Sasha White’s Bound, and while I generally enjoy bdsm subject matter I can’t really connect with the main characters POV. She is at once needy and independent and neither one particularly convincingly. However, sex scenes are smoking hot and the hero is very sexy. It isn’t a wallbanger, but it isn’t a five star masterpiece either.

I’d really like to read the books on string theory we have in the house, but I fear I’m not smart enough. Sigh.

Randomly, I’m also participating in the Ravelympics, a knitting sprint to see if I can start and finish a project during the olympics. I haven’t even cast on yet, although I could have as of 5 am this morning, because I still have to finish up a traveling scarf in my possession. I’m starting to panic a bit, hee.

I’m honored to receive a “quality” rating from Jane’s Guide! I feel like a porn star!

If you’re here from there, you might check out my bookshelf of available porny titles for your reading pleasure. And I do mean pleasure. Or you can try the excerpts tag for all the free exerpts I’ve posted over the years.

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Feel free to drop me a line, too, if you have any questions: ameliajune@ameliajune.net

How hard doing all the household chores is until your partner is laid up. Phew what a weekend.

I finally got a new digital camera, which would be thrilling except I have no way of getting the pictures off of it yet. Sigh. But yay for handmedowns! Someday if all goes well I will post pictures of the blanket I just finished and the little itty baby sweater I’m working on. Someday.

Lastly, Angel has been really fun to watch, but it just took a turn for the very dark mid-season 2. I catch myself worrying about people who don’t exist, lol! That is good storytelling.

I can’t say I like the micro-format of these, made super-micro thanks to beginning and end credits. But, the art is awesome and the storytelling is thirty seconds of cool! I look forward to the print release so I can have it in one breath rather than these tiny heartbeats:

Stephen King’s N

Amazing how the bulk of summer goes by in lazy nothingness then the last three weeks are major busy! School supplies, closets to clean out, orientations and pre-classes and planning carpools and getting everybody ready for their first days back.

I remember loving the first day of school, but I don’t think my kids feel the same way, lol. Whatever, nerds rule. Besides, this is the one time of year I get to indulge my office supply fetish. Woo!

Meanwhile, I’m perusing knitting classes and writing locations and day job things to do that I can do again! Yay free time during the day! I’m looking forward to the rest of my grownup life again I don’t think you really realize how much your life changes with children until you have them.

My day job continues at a good clip with only a slight slow down. With the economy the way it is, I can’t complain about the extra work at all.

It all adds up to a busy busy me, which isn’t bad at all.

I had a crazy recurring dream last night, but for once it went further down the road. I feel like Sinclaire, my archaeologist from A Pirate’s Legacy, which is odd. But cool.

There is a roach in my shower. Dead, but still, I want to shower but I don’t want to have to pick it up. My cat was hanging out with it last I saw, any chance he might eat it and save me the trouble? No, I didn’t think so.

Wish me luck. And a lack of squealing like a small child. *shudder*

Even when they’re getting along, they’re a pain in my butt. What is that?

Also, why is my three year old a better Wii bowler than I am?

I have some books to discuss that I haven’t for a while, so I figure this is as good a time as any:

I did pick up the What Happens In Vegas anthology, mostly because my buddy Lauren Dane has a story within. While I can’t say it is my favorite antho evar, I did enjoy Lauren’s story Stripped. I really enjoyed her depiction of the burlesque club where the heroine works. Good times. Otherwise I was pretty much underwhelmed. Could be that the theme of Vegas didn’t excite me all that much, I dunno. Drinking and gambling not so much. Hawt stripping, yes please. I’m a perv, what can I say?

I read this crazy insane book called The Academy which I picked up for free at RT last year. And even though one of the characters was named, no kidding, Benwa, I still managed to enjoy it. I thought the author did a great job building a science fiction world in a short amount of time, and also liked the way she worked D/s into the plot without having it be, like, oh hey, D/s is selling so I’ll write that. It was fun and light and somewhat ridiculous, but you know what? I don’t mind that sometimes, as long as the characters are believable and the setting isn’t just stupid. Good times. Plus, BDSM college? Yes please.

I know I said this before, but Eat Pray Love is worth the time.

Anybody read any good books lately?

Check out this interview with Joss Whedon on Dollhouse. You won’t regret the time.

Also, your forehead is totally proportional to your face. BWAH.

I’m sending my older kid to knitting camp. Is that proof I’ve gone over the edge into yarn insanity?

Also–why is it that your warranty covers EVERYTHING except that one little thing that broke on your car and will cost no less than 500 bucks to fix? Is it some kind of universal law?

From the yet-unnamed-tarot-book (unedited apart from spelling errors)

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Heard in my house today:

“I’m gonna show you my hammer, daddy.”

That’s a lot funnier today then it was like, two days ago.

Oh look at my wrist, it’s time to go…